Qatar and the United Kingdom have announced they will cooperate on energy projects while Qatar’s energy minister criticized Europe for “demonizing” oil and gas companies. Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani visited London yesterday, meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Several agreements came out of the meeting, …

US Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley told lawmakers that prospects for a renewed agreement with Tehran were “at best, tenuous.” Whether Iran and world powers can reach a deal to salvage the landmark nuclear agreement is a “huge question mark,” the Biden administration’s chief negotiator told US lawmakers on …

Putin’s genocidal war on Ukraine may have less to do with empire and far more to do with profits. Enormous profits. There has been considerable commentary about Putin’s war motives, from a belief that Ukraine is little more than an insurgent province of Mother Russia to a fear that Ukraine …